Bontempi MUSIC METHOD System 5 B 409, Owner'S Manual

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BONTEMPI MUSIC METHOD
INTRODUCTION TO THE METHOD
This method has been designed for those who are learning music for the first time and want to do it in an easy way, within
a short time and have fun.
There are five learning levels (System 5).
1. Tempo 2. Note 3. Melody
4. Chord 5. Accompaniment
You may choose the first step to begin with or choose the way
that you consider to be the most suitable for your level of
skill.
It is important for you to repeat the exercises, without expec-
ting to learn everything at once.
The keyboard will help as if a teacher were seated next to you and will guide you through the wonderful world of music.
THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF MUSIC
Any musical piece can be reduced into a series of simple elements. Let’s look at the principal ones: the melody and the
accompaniment.
THE MELODY
The melody is a succession of sounds (notes) of varying pitches and lengths, played
one after the other. The flute, for example, is an instrument which plays the melody.
Even when you whistle a tune, you are whistling the melody.
THE ACCOMPANIMENT
The accompaniment is formed of chords (groups of 3 notes or more notes played simultaneously) which
support the melody. Instruments suitable for playing accompaniment are: the guitar, the piano, etc.
STRUCTURE OF THE BONTEMPI METHOD
The Bontempi Music Method consists of a
continuous blue band
(grey
in these instructions) with all the indications for using the right hand to
play the melody.
Above and below this band, you will find the indications for the use of your
left hand which plays the accompaniment chords.
Below the blue band (grey in these instructions) there is the musical notation of the piece. Later on, we’ll take a look
together at the correct use of this kind of musical notation and its meaning.
For now, it is sufficient to remember that each note has a name: A, B,
C, D, E, F, G, in anglo-saxon notation which correspond to LA, SI, DO,
RE, MI, FA, SOL, in Latin notation and A, H, C, D, E, F, G, in German
notation. This correspondence is illustrated on the next diagram.
LEVEL 1: Tempo
As said before, a melody is made up of a series of notes with a very clearly defined pitch and duration. If we whistle a tune
we notice that some notes last longer than others and if we do not respect their length the music no longer sounds the
same. So first of all we will deal with the length of the notes.
Each number on the blue strip (grey in these instructions) of the method corresponds to a note and so to a key on the
keyboard.
Anglo-saxon notation
Latin notation
German notation
BONTEMPI MUSIC METHOD